The RAW crew was in Madison, WI last night with Shawn Michaels over Batista.
The RAW crew is in Milwaukee, WI tonight, and RAW is live from Green Bay, WI tomorrow night.
The Smackdown crew is in Duluth, MN tomorrow night.
Brock Lesnar will return to the ring tomorrow night in a tag match with Big Show against Chris Benoit/Bob Holly for his first match since his elbow/knee surgery.
Kurt Angle is cleared to return to the ring, although he may not work until the Royal Rumble.
Maven didn't wrestle last night after suffering an elbow injury in his match on Friday in Des Moines, IA.
With Wrestlemania taking place a smaller venue this year, Toronto, ON is hoping to secure this year's Summerslam with the promise of a large SkyDome crowd.
UPN renewed Smackdown for an unspecified number of years.
The Champaign, IL News-Gazette Online has an article on referee Jack Doan, including how he got his job, thetravel involved with his job, and the end of WCW.
AAA announced they'll participate in the America's X Cup tournament by sending (possibly) El Zorro, Psicosis (not the original), Heavy Metal and Abismo Negro to the January 28 NWA TNA show.
NWA TNA has added new markets for their syndicated show Xplosion.
Ring of Honor added CM Punk to their January 29 show in Glen Burnie, MD after NWA TNA pulled him from a ZERO-ONE show so he could appear on their January 28 PPV.
Brian "Leonardo Spanky" Kendrick has been added to ZERO-ONE USA events later this month in Osaka and Tokyo.
During this week's episode Memphis Wrestling, Brian Christopher pulled a gun during a promo about protecting his trophy, which is likely to create some controversy.
SLAM has an profile piece on Canadian female wrestler Sarah Stock, who works as "Dark Angel" in Mexico and hopes to make it to WWE one day.
A Milwaukee, WI television station producer is looking for a volunteer wrestling analyst for their show Full Force.
Sports writer Steve Simmmons of the Toronto Sun cited "the late Ted DiBiase"'s catch phrase in an article about Pete Rose's new book. I hope someone lets Ted DiBiase know that he died.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Lesnar, Angle, UPN, Doan, ZERO-ONE Jan 18 - 11:39 pm EST
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- 04:56 pm LAW: Sunday Update: Angle and Lesnar back in action, K-1 announces show, All Japan title change, Kendrick returns to Zero-One, Terrible angle in Memphis, Maven injured and more!
- 04:36 pm WO: Headline: 2003 Observer Awards issue plus history of every award; Memphis heyday reviewed; Inside notes from everywhere; details of tomorrow's Observer, ordering info and how new readers can get two free classic issues of their choice
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- 12:50 am WO: Headline: WWE house show report 1-17 Madison, WI
- 12:25 am LAW: Saturday Update: Wilson in Toronto, Crappy movie airs tomorrow night in Canada, "Raw" segment on house shows, House show results from Des Moines, UFC fighter injured and more!
- 12:07 am PWT: TV Reports: 1/17 WWE Confidential Review: Walking Tall, Basic Thuganomics, Babe Of The Year
